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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Subject: Re: Problems with /dev/audio
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In article <3f4qs3$mri@cs.ubc.ca> coatta@frood.nsg.bc.ca (Terry Coatta) writes:
>Hi,
>
>  I'm running FreeBSD V1.1.5 with an SB16 and /dev/audio seems to be
>slightly non-functional. The problem is not actually with playing sounds,
>which seems to work OK, but that the program using /dev/audio hangs.

there seems to be a timing problem in the sb_dsp.c. When I originally had
the problem, Stephen Hocking (sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au) suggested to insert 3
calls to tenmicrosec() after each call to OUTB in sb_dsp.c as a temporary fix.

sounds work better, but they occasionally still give me problems.

--mark.